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Steel Imports for May
Rose 6.8% From April

a Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter

Updated July 22, 1996 12:01 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON -- U.S. steel imports climbed 6.8% in May from April, and rose 7.6% from the May 1995 level.

May imports totaled 2,325,034 tons, compared with 2,177,103 tons in April and 2,160,188 tons a year earlier, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute's compilation of Commerce Department statistics. May imports represented 22% of consumption, compared with 21% in March and 21% a year ago.